I know it’s been a while. I thought I’d use my blog again but in a different way to before. It definitely won’t be a weekly blog [as it once was] but I thought I could share some tutorials and tell you about any pattern releases. Talking of pattern releases… I’ve been working on a […]
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Been a little silent for awhile, mainly because I’ve been enjoying sharing through Instagram more plus working at A Good Yarn keeps me pretty busy. Please do come say hi on Instagram. A Good Yarn is moving at the end of this month and the grand re-opening is going to be on Saturday September 2.
A bit of a divergence from my usual knitting topic but I’ve been drawing a bit recently. I’m a sucker for a nice notebook. I love the Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks. I have an A5 one for my everyday notebook/bullet journal but I recently bought one of the smaller pocket ones. I’m planning on using it to
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We had a lovely weekend in London and with a few pennies in my pocket, I made a visit to Loop. I came away with yarn mainly for knitting socks. There’s some Madelinetosh Sock in Neon Peach, Blue Moon Socks that Rock in Firecracker, a couple of balls of Lang Jawoll Sock yarn for some
I did get a few nice knitting bits for Christmas, mainly books this year. I’m really loving all of these. From left to right – Botanical Knits 2 by Alana Dakos, New Lace Knitting by Romi Hill, Sock Architecture by Lara Neal and Knitsonik Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook by Felicity Ford. The first two are pattern
Hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I enjoyed mine though glad to be back to some semblance of normality. I’ve got a few projects to share that I gave as Christmas presents. Actually, the first one wasn’t a present but I didn’t get around to blogging about it. This one was
This is a bit slow in the writing but last week, we had a Knitmas event at A Good Yarn. Kate and Ruth from Practical Publishing came for the evening to give a talk. There was games, food and fun. Kate Heppell is the editor of Knit Now magazine and her talk was on the
This is a review I’ve been meaning to do for quite some time but I’m glad that I waited as I’ve really given them a good test drive and recently discovered something new. I bought a the full Chiaogoo Twist set over 2 years ago now. Here are the pictures when I just bought it.
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Very good friends of mine have just had a second child. Mr and I are going to be godparents. I’ve been knitting away all year on and off little baby things. The first baby had a big parcel of knitted clothes, so I’ve been trying to match it this time. There isn’t quite as many
I have a new favourite shawl. The pattern is Antipodes by Libby Jonson aka Truly Myrtle. Ravelry project page. Libby has some really lovely patterns – I really like her style and all the patterns all seem very wearable to me. Check them out The pattern was a pleasure to knit from start to finish.
